SabPub – The Latest Mac OS X Backdoor Java Exploit

“Recently, Russian Anti-Virus company Doctor Web, found that the Flashback Mac Trojan had infected more than 600,000 systems, further quashing the myth that Apple's OS X is somehow immune to malware threats. The Trojan exploited three Java vulnerabilities to gain remote access to the infected systems and likely included a keylogger capability to capture authentication credentials. Doctor Web created an online tool for uses to see if they had been infected by the Flashback Trojan, F-Secure has instructions on how to remove the virus, and Apple announced they had successfully patched the vulnerability….”